Until Scotland Abolishes its Monarchy…
On Coronation Day, and on the day of a repubican rally on Calton Hill, Reuben Duffy explains why a Scotland with
Read moreOn Coronation Day, and on the day of a repubican rally on Calton Hill, Reuben Duffy explains why a Scotland with
Read moreA Radical Hearth – Editorial Lessons from Strike Season – Olivia Crook, Lara, Paula Dixon, Amber Ward Glimmers of a Resurgent
Read moreLift your eyes from the enchanting orb of party politics and government and you will see an unsettled Scotland. It is
Read moreOlivia Crook, Lara, Paula Dixon, and Amber Ward paint vibrant scenes from the education pickets. ‘I didn’t know that anyone had
Read moreColl McCail detecs solidarity between students and staff that is regenerating a united movement that can face current challenges. Thirteen years
Read moreAllie Kerper’s erasure poem from the transcript of ‘Yoga for Golfers’ by Yoga with Adriene. The spine is collapsing.We’re gonna unravel
Read moreRoz Foyer explains why the season of strikes has brought the public into closer connection with the battles of our unions.
Read moreRona Proudfoot describes the Valentine’s letters written for striking posties in Glasgow. I have recently joined a union and found myself
Read moreEnas Magzoub finds that local authority decisions in transport and education have increased the burden on underpaid workers. More than half
Read morePeter Frase, New York, February 2023 My last visit to Scotland coincided with May Day 2022, and it’s always a pleasure
Read morePaul Malgrati, Villars-sur-Ollon, March 2023 France is being stirred by the most significant general strike since the beginning of the twenty-first
Read moreEsmond Sage surveilles the situation of renter and tenent organising in the silver city and explores the radical hearth of Union
Read moreJames Barrowman reviews a recent exhibition in Dundee, leading us back through the factory gates. The Cooper Gallery’s show Consider Labour
Read moreCharlotte Lauder compares two malign media influences with their roots in Tayside. In Succession, the transatlantic TV show that depicts the
Read moreWhen Ellie McDonald’s uncle organised a union at Dundee’s media powerhouse, the bosses blacklisted the family. It never kept them down.
Read moreEmma Òr attended the counter-demo to a rally at a hotel in Erskine. ‘Refugees are welcome here’ and ‘Nazi scum off
Read morePinar Aksu reviews the reality that awaits people seeking asylum and refuge in Scotland. At the start of the pandemic and
Read moreSubmitted by the People’s Health Movement (PHM) Scotland ahead of their People’s Health Assembly on 10th June, this article was written
Read moreQuan Nguyen finds that some wear the label ‘New Scots’ as a badge of honour, but for others it’s less appealing.
Read moreIryna Zamuruieva reflects on the devastation wrought upon her native land, and the roots in language and culture that can sustain
Read moreSean Sheehan reviews Promised Lands: The British and the Ottoman Middle East, by Jonathan Parry (Princeton 2022). Promised Lands begins with
Read more‘At least Liz the Lettuce waited until she had been elected party leader before she pressed the self-destruct button’. I’m currently
Read moreHenry Maitles remembers the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This picture, showing Bundist survivors of the Holocaust on the May Day 1945 demo
Read moreThis special online issue, supplementing the printed issue 133, features articles submitted to the magazine during its change in editorial staff,
Read moreEditorial introduction to this special online-only issue comprising articles submitted for the Jan-Feb issue of the Scottish Left Review. They say
Read moreStuart Fairweather surveys three groups campaigning for social transformation in Scotland: ‘In between the action of the unions, largely but not
Read moreClare Peden reports on one union’s campaign for an economy in the hands of workers not profiteers. In September last year,
Read moreThere are better answers to the national question than ‘class versus nation’, argues Frances Curran At the end of November 2022,
Read moreJohn Dennis asks: can socialist supporters of independence take the initiative to develop radical policies that allow it to make the
Read moreSimon Barrow considers the politics of independence after the Supreme Court verdict and describes a strategy for the SNP to grow
Read moreJames Mitchell argues that the focus on what would constitute a democratic mandate to negotiate independence has led us to lose
Read moreChris Holligan considers what the Registration of Interests by Scottish MSPs reveal about influence as a strategic tool serving political and
Read moreA poem by David McKinstry. In our digital Dickensian days Poor law’s long line, In which with hidden heads They queue
Read moreReturning to Jimmy Reid’s renowned ‘alienation’ speech, Graham O’Neill reflects on the prospects of wealth tax in Scotland today 50 years
Read moreDogged determination resulted in some gains at COP27 but they were few and far between. Ben Wilson explores the origins of
Read moreChris Sutherland warns that the relentless march of settlements and the dominance of right-wing ultra-religious Zionism points to the prospect of
Read moreJackie Bergson reviews Official Secrets (2019). Director: Gavin Hood. Writers: Gavin Hood, Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein Her belief that GCHQ have
Read moreJohn Wood reviews Scotland Rising: The Case for Independence by Gerry Hassan (Pluto Press, 2022) Gerry Hassan has made timely and
Read moreMike Danson reviews two books on Scotland’s economic prospects: After Brexit. The Economics of Scottish Independence, by Gavin McCrone (Edinburgh: Birlinn,
Read moreGordon Morgan reviews Why the West is Failing – Failed Economics and the Rise of the East, by John Mills (Cambridge:
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